Taiwan activists want to build temple on disputed isle

National Aug. 23, 2012 - 05:11AM JST ( 12 )

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Ch1n4SailorAug. 23, 2012 - 07:12AM JST

Good for them....! Hope are successful!
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OkinawamikeAug. 23, 2012 - 07:16AM JST

I want to build a summer home there too! But wait, I don't own the land now do I?
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the-grouchAug. 23, 2012 - 08:37AM JST

Yeah.... like that is ever gonna happen. If they land, let alone start building something on that island, they will be arrested and possibly imprisoned. Is it really worth it? These guys are morons to say the least....
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mikihouseAug. 23, 2012 - 10:19AM JST

imprisoned? not a chance. With the weak DPJ leadership willing to lick everybody's boots?
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Thomas AndersonAug. 23, 2012 - 11:03AM JST

And I'd say build a shopping mall next.
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lucabrasiAug. 23, 2012 - 11:11AM JST

... they were forced to abort a plan last week after failing to hire a ship....

Why tell the press that? Makes them look like a bunch of complete incompetents.

Still, a temple's a good idea. Then they can claim they're protecting their nation and their religion. And I think we all know how religion can fire people up....
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realmindAug. 23, 2012 - 04:12PM JST

make a Temple to worship MAO....
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Ronald F StarkAug. 23, 2012 - 08:24PM JST

Japan should install a vending machine on the island, that way the Chinese can get some cold drinks while they're working on the temple (profit first right?)
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AiserXAug. 24, 2012 - 12:31AM JST

I wonder if these 3 parties would be willing to kiss and make up if a 4th party were to suddenly step in and make claim on this island.
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Guru29Aug. 24, 2012 - 02:56AM JST

Japan's claim over those islands in dispute is clearly a violation of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender and the 5 party WWII peace treaty agreed between US, UK, China, Russia and Japan which clearly states that:

"The terms of the Cairo Declaration shall be carried out and Japanese sovereignty shall be limited to the islands of Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku and such minor islands as we determine."

Since Japan agreed with the Potsdam Agreement and surrendered in WWII, so it also lost its sovereignty over those islands it colonized before WWII.
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sfjp330Aug. 24, 2012 - 04:12AM JST

Guru29 Aug. 24, 2012 - 02:56AM JST. Since Japan agreed with the Potsdam Agreement and surrendered in WWII, so it also lost its sovereignty over those islands it colonized before WWII.

It's not that simple. The problem is that 1943 Cairo Declaration, which stipulated that Japan should return all China’s territories it occupied, included these islands, is inaccurate, as Japan claims they incorporated Senkaku Islands after confirming that these islands were “terra nullius”. Therefore, these islands were not ceded to Japan as a result of the war; it was already Japan’s territory. China did not object to Japan’s acquisition of the Senkaku Islands during the negotiations on the Shimonoseki Treaty after the Sino-Japanese war in 1895, even though they were in the position to do so, nor during the following 76 years until 1971. This is why there is still a continue dispute on the history of events.
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Guru29Aug. 24, 2012 - 07:19AM JST

Sfjp330, all those arguments are merely lies as I have shown to nigelboy in another article. For example, the "terra nullius" theory can be proven wrong easily based on:

-They were annexed only after Japan destroyed the Chinese navy during a war

-The islands were along the route of planned Japanese invasion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FirstSino-JapaneseWar.svg

-Major Japanese maps portrayed the kingdom of Ryukyu as an independent country and Taiwan and Diaoyu islands as part of China Prior to 1872 and etc.